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Solicitors
should be obliged to provide their clients
with (i) full information as to the basis on which fees and disbursements
(including any barristers' fees) will be charged; (ii) their best estimates of the
costs to cover various stages of the litigation process; and (iii) updated or
revised information and estimates as and when the circumstances require, with
reasons for any such changes.
Recommendation 124:  Barristers should be obliged, upon request, to provide
to their clients, via the solicitors (i) full information as to the basis on which
their fees will be charged; (ii) their best estimates of the fees they would be
likely to charge for specified stages of the litigation process; and (iii) updated or
revised information and estimates as and when the circumstances require, with
reasons for any such changes.
Recommendation 125: There should be further consultation as to the manner
in which Recommendations 123 and 124 should be implemented.
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